Bucket for conveying ensilage



(No Model.)

J. A. CROSS.

BUCKET FOR CONVEYING ENSILAGE, GOAL, PLAST-ER, 8w. N0. 2'7 0,756.Patented Jan. 16,1883.

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place where it is to be used, and forconveying .UNrrEn STATES PATENT@rrrccn.

JEROME A. CROSS, OF FULTONVILLE, NEW YORK.

BUCKET FOR CONVEYING ENSILAGE, COAL, PLASTER, 84.0.

. SPECIFICATIQN.forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,756, datedJanuary 16, 1853.

Application filed November 28, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JEROME A. GROSS, ofFultonville, Montgomery county, State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Buckets for Conveying Ensilage and otherSubstances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying sheet of drawings, forming partof'this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in buckets forconveying ensilage, coal, plaster, &c.; and the invention consists in abucketforconveying ensilage, constructed in two sections hinged togetherat their tops to two vertical-sliding bolts, and provided with anoperating-lever with a lock-notch formed therein, and an operating-cord,for the purpose hereinafter described.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of my bucket closed; Fig. 2 an end view of thesame, and Fig. 3a side view of bucket opened.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

The purpose of this invention is to facilitate the convey ing 9fensilage from silos to the coal, plaster, lime, or other substances in aconvenient and expeditious manner. My bucket is formed of two sections,A and A, each section being. in shape and construction similar to theother section, the size and proportionof the buckets depending upon thepurposes for which they are to be used and the convenience of themanufacturer, each section having a closed side, bottom, and'two ends,and being opened on one side andat its top. To the inner upper partofeach section are firmly bolted hinges B, which hinges are pivoted to thelower end of bolts 0. These bolts passfreely through a suspension-bar,D.Also to the sections A A, near their top and outer side, are firmlybolted eye-straps E, to which straps are secured the ends of stop-chainsF, the other ends of which chains are secured to the suspension-banD.Also to the section A, and at or near its bottom, are bolted braces G,and to the section A, also near its bottom, are bolted cleats H. Pivotedto the braces G at a are levers J, of irregular form, with notches I)made thereon I and notches 0 near one of their ends. The

other ends of these levers J are connected by a rod, g, to which rod issecured an operating cord, K. This cord passes around apulley, d,

bolted to one side of the section A near its top. Additional braces, asat e and f, may be bolted to the sections A and A at their bottom, toadd increasedstrength and stiffness to the sections.

Now, when my bucket is constructed sub-. stantially as above describedit is, when the sections are closed, as in Fig. 1, kept in the closedposition by the notches b of the levers J, which look into the cleats H,as in Fig. 1. The bucket may then be filled withthe material it isdesired to transport or remove. The bucket being filled and suspended byits suspension-bar D to the carriage of a conveyer on an elevated track,or, if desired, by means of a crane, it is, with its contents, moved orswung to the place where the materialis to be deposited. Arriving atthis place, and immediately over it, the cord K is drawn, causing thelevers J to turn on their pivots a, disconnecting the notches b from thecleats H, when the weight of the load in the-bucket will cause the bolts0 to descend through the suspensionbar D, permitting the sections A andA to swing open oroutward by reason of their 80 l hinges 1) until thebucket assumes the position shown in Fig. 3, to which position thespread of the sections is limited or held by'the stopchains F. In thisposition, as is obvious, its load is dumped without further effort. The85 bucket is retained in its opened position by the catches a in thelevers J, which engage with the cleats H. To again close the sections ofthe bucket, the cord K is drawn slightly, causing the notches c todisengage from the 0 l cleats H, when the sectionsAand A willcometogether by their own gravity and be locked by the notches I) and cleatsH, as before mentioned. That the contents of the bucket may i beentirely and fully discharged from it, the bottom of each section A andA is slanted or i made at an angle, as at h in Figs. 1 and 3.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my bucket is of a simple andcheap construction, and affords a ready conveyer of any suitablematerial from one place to another, and that it is both discharged andclosed by its own gravity. .The bucket is designed especially, for usein connection with a conveying device" "on an elevated track; but, asbefore stated, it i adjustable bolts andasuspension-ba-r, D, as

may be used with equal facility with a crane or derrick.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bucket for removing ensilage and other material, havingthefollowingelementsin combination: sections A A, hinges B, stop-chainsF, a suspension-bar, D, levers J, with notches band a formed therein,and pivoted to braces G, cleats H, and an operating-cord K, allconstructed and arranged as described.

2. In a bucket for removing ensilage, &c.,

the combination of hinges B, with verticallyand for the purposedescribed;

3. In a bucket for removing ensilage, 850., pivoted levers J,Wii;hnotches b and c, in combiuation with cleats H and an operating-cord, K,as and for the purpose described.

4. In a bucket for removing ensilage, &c., sections A and A, incombination with a suspension-bar, D, and stop-chains F, as and for thepurpose described.

,, JEROME A. GROSS.

